All Pieces for Eric Molinsky

 
New York 2140
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Kim Stanley Robinson's new novel imagines how New Yorkers would adapt to sea level rise by turning the city into a Super Venice.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 20:39
  • Purchases: 2
Healing Through Horror
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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A writer and filmmaker explain why they love horror films not just for the thrills, but because the genre helped them mourn for lost loved ones.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 23:10
  • Purchases: 1
Designing Bojack's World
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Lisa Hanawalt explains how her love of drawing horse people lead to being creative director of the Netflix series Bojack Horseman.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 20:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Real Twin Peaks
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Twin Peaks may feel like an unreal place, but some people wonder if their hometowns share too much in common with David Lynch's show.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 22:19
  • Purchases: 1
Imagining the Internet
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Did sci-fi authors imagine social media and the Internet before it existed?

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 21:23
  • Purchases: 2
World War EVE
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Players from around the world explain why they live a double life in a virtual galaxy called EVE Online.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 25:33
  • Purchases: 1
Rappers with Arm Cannons
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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In the second half of my mini-series on musical worlds, I talk with Sammus and Mega Ran, hip hop artists that create concept albums about their fav...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 21:20
  • Purchases: 2
Worldbuilding with Music
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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In the first of a series on musical worlds, I talk with members of Vertigo Drift about their sci-fi concept album Phase 3.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 14:29
  • Purchases: 2
Technobabble
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist podcast helps me figure out why some technobabble is good, bad or just plain baffling.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 24:15
  • Purchases: 1
Scott Snyder
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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This week I open the vault to play an extended cut of my 2014 interview with the Batman comic book writer Scott Snyder.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 25:37
  • Purchases: 1
Evil Plans
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The evil plan is the much maligned trope of superhero and other fantasy genres. But it doesn't have to be that way.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 25:19
  • Purchases: 1
Why They Fight
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Batman vs Superman. Captain America vs Iron Man. Daredevil vs Punisher. These days, we seem to be more interested in watching superheroes fight eac...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 23:30
  • Purchases: 1
Inside the Snow Globe
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Tom Fontana is a writer and producer who worked on St. Elsewhere in the 1980s. The show was a pretty straightforward hospital drama, but Fontana ha...

Bought by KALW, WABE, PRX Remix, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 4
The Expanded Universe
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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When The Force Awakens came out, millions flocked to the theaters to find out what happened to the characters since Return of the Jedi. But hardcor...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 1
Han Shot Solo
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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In 1997, George Lucas digitally altered Han Solo's introduction. But that additional special effect sparked a war between Lucas and the fans that w...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 16:52
  • Purchases: 1
Slave Leia
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The gold metal bikini has become the dominant image of Princess Leia from Cosplay to toy shelves. But the context of that costume -- being a sex sl...

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 18:04
  • Purchases: 3
Empire vs Rebels
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The epic battle between the Evil Empire and the Rebel Alliance has became a metaphor we love to use in sports and politics. But what happens when y...

Bought by WTJU, WABE, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 20:38
  • Purchases: 3
1977
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire . . . Bef...

Bought by WTJU, WABE, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 23:22
  • Purchases: 3
First Contact
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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They arrive out of nowhere in shockingly large ships, brandishing weapons we've never seen, offering false promises of peace when they really want ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 3
The Truth is Out There
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are reopening The X-Files in January 2016. And the Internet couldn't be more excited. Every casting update, e...

Bought by WABE and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 2

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